Chapter 202: Fifty-Second Floor, Penance (4) (Teaser)
Although Kalain, cloaked in his black robe, normally stood out in the white expanse, he was nowhere to be seen.
Did he climb farther while I was finding the sanctuary?
No.
Kalain hadn’t been in any condition to ascend on his own. Even with the blinding snowstorm limiting visibility, he couldn’t have slipped out of my sight in such a short amount of time.
Where did he go?
It defied logic for him to vanish so abruptly.
The footprints we had left behind had already been swallowed by the relentless blizzard, buried under a fresh layer of snow.
Maybe he collapsed along the way?
Kalain had seemed half-conscious throughout much of our climb through the snow. My own memories of the ascent were hazy, disjointed at best.
Wait. What if he fell hours ago, and I somehow continued on alone without realizing it?
No, that didn’t add up either.
I felt confident he had been with me just moments ago. The residual warmth on my shoulder and wrist proved that much.
It was as if Kalain had simply disappeared, vanished into thin air like a specter.
The sanctuary’s glow enveloped me, restoring my strength and warming me, but my mind churned with confusion. Nothing about this made sense.
Did Kalain collapse while I dug out the sanctuary?
It seemed the most plausible explanation.
Our separation would have intensified the tower’s...
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